The movie is also funny, but not what I would call hilarious. The story, while certainly predictable, hitting all the beats you would expect, is enjoyable. All the characters are very much likable. As far as the scripting of the movie is concerned, it's not like there's anything truly outstanding here, but it is certainly very solid indeed. Though, to be fair, this all feels very natural and it doesn't acome across as forced, because Sami really is a likable character, you do want him to succeed at everything he sets his mind to. Sami wants his promotion, he wants to impress the woman he loves (and her father), his developing friendship with Alex and Babu (the most entertaining character in the entire film), and wanting to live up to his father's greatness by becoming a success in this country. The movie manages to fit various goals, for Sami at least, without feeling like it's doing too much at one time. All the while Alex, who happens to be the boss of the company, helps Sami find his way through the company and what he needs to do in order to fit in with people who happen to be higher up on the totem pole than him. This is where Sami finds his calling as he attempts to find a way to fix a microwave that has been thrown out as a result of the failed experiments at Graydian (I think that's the company called at least) is order to, maybe, get a promotion so he can make the money he feels he needs in order to impress the woman he loves. The chief engineer and his team at Graydian Industries are looking to build a microwave that doesn't explode when it attempts to perfectly reheat frozen food. The job he planned on getting, an engineer's position, has been changed to that of a temporary draftsman. He moves in with a group of roommates (around 11 or 13 of them), they are all like him in that they left their villages in Pakistan, Indian and Bangalore to find success in America. But I'm getting ahead of myself, Sami arrives in Chicago and things simply do not go as he planned. This feels a little too sitcom-y for my tastes, but it wasn't so much of a problem in the long run. Obviously, this comes into play in the movie much later when Sami uses his friend's parents' mansion as a cover for his own success. Oh and he also wants to marry the love of his life, Ruby, who's set to be married off, except her father is a strict General in the army and he wants his daughter to marry a successful man, not some sort of LOOOOOSER. Sami has some big shoes to fill and he's not certain that he can live up to his father's greatness.
For, you see, Sami's father was this great tiger hunter that Sami idolized and his entire village loved. As far as this movie goes, however, it tells an engineer's journey from his small Indian village to Chicago so he can live the American dream, become a success and maybe, just maybe, live up to his father's great legacy.
Funny how life works, huh? Regardless, that's neither here nor there. All of the president's children were mothered by TWO immigrant women. The president's mother is, in fact, an immigrant. Of course it wasn't called the American dream just yet, but they were searching for a lot of the same things that latter immigrants (of which they're part of) And then the current president came along and decided that, if you weren't a full-blooded (mostly white) American, then your American dream could get fucked and completely took a shit on the immigrants who laid the groundwork for most of what we have here this day. Hell, even the first Pilgrims were in search of their dreams and freedom from persecution. The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of hope and freedom to these people.
The reason why so many immigrants decided to come to the United States where, they felt, everyone has a shot at success as long as they work hard.
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